Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

Chem 170 provides a review of the basic stoichiometric calculations that are important to chemists, biochemists, and others who rely, in part, on chemical or biochemical measurements. Chem 170 is a prerequisite for Chem 240 (Structure and Function of Biomolecules) and Chem 260 (Thermodynamics, Equilibria, and Kinetics), and for most advanced courses in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The topics covered in Chem 170 are often required for admittance to graduate programs in many science disciplines and for professional programs in the health sciences.

Student Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to...

  • make appropriate use of significant figures and use dimensional analysis to convert between different units
  • express the amount of a substance in grams and moles
  • determine a molecule's empirical formula
  • write balanced chemical reactions
  • use stoichiometry within a chemical reaction
  • determine a reaction's limiting reagent and its theoretical yield
  • work with aqueous species using molar and other concentration units
  • work with gases using the ideal gas law

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